pelant
French, adjective/pə.lɑ̃/
pelant is spelled P-E-L-A-N-T (6 letters) and appears about once in every 23 million words in written French, the 154,162nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pelant is a French adjective meaning “exasperating, annoying, irritating, aggravating” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a present participle of peler. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Lassant, ennuyeux, assommant”.
What does pelant mean in English?
adjective
- 1
informalexasperating, annoying, irritating, aggravating
verb
- 1
present participle of peler
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Lassant, ennuyeux, assommant.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of pelant
- pelante feminine
- pelants masculine plural
- pelantes feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pelant?
- /pə.lɑ̃/
- \pə.lɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is pelant in French?
pelant appears about once in every 23 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).